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Indentured Servants
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A worker, typically a laborer or tradesman, under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities. Unlike slaves, an indentured servant was required to work only for a limited term specified in a signed contract.
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Types of Slave labor systems
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Gang system-Work as hard as possible, sun up to sun down. "slave labor" become blacksmith. More brutal than task system.
Task System- Ex: Clear 3 acres land 1st day, that's your quota for the rest of the times. If you finish, you have freetime. More autonomy.. |
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Free Soil Party
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Contained anti-slavery members of whig and democratic party.
They are antislavery and they want free soil. |
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Manifest Destiny
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U.S. population and land grew by 1850. Americans viewed the growth as proof of U.S. goodness.
The belief of the U.S. to overspread and to posses the whole of the continent which providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty. created problems for indians. |
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Social Reform
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Temperance- Whigs wanted temperance. 15 gallon law in Massachusetts. Democrats also worried but warned that gov intrusion into areas of private choice would violate republican ideals. it becomes defining political different for many.. wedge issue for whigs and democrats.
asylums and prisons- whigs favored rehab. democrats favored isolation and punishment. few democrats favored insane asylums. family roles and education-whigs wanted statelevel centralization. democrats preferred local school districts. women's rights- |
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Andrew Jackson
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1824 election- He thought he had won because he had popular vote, but he didn't. henry clay was going to give his votes if he becomes his secretary, but jackson didn't want them. clay gave the votes to john quincy adams instead.
jackson wins the 1828 election 1v1 with adams. |
